Job 13:16

The NET Bible®

Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Yes, this will result in my deliverance,for no godless person can appear before him.

Hebrew Names Version
This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.

King James Version
He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

English Standard Version
This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before him.

New Century Version
This is my salvation. The wicked cannot come before him.

Amplified Bible
"This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before Him.

New American Standard Bible
"This also will be my salvation, For a godless person cannot come before His presence.

World English Bible
This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
He shalbe my saluation also: for the hypocrite shall not come before him.

Legacy Standard Bible
This also will be my salvation,For a godless man may not come before His presence.

Berean Standard Bible
Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.

Contemporary English Version
This may be what saves me, because no guilty person would come to his court.

Complete Jewish Bible
And this is what will save me — that a hypocrite cannot appear before him.

Darby Translation
This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before his face.

Easy-to-Read Version
And if he lets me live, it will be because I had the confidence to speak. No guilty person would dare meet God face to face.

George Lamsa Translation
He also shall be my Saviour; for a hypocrite shall not come before him.

Good News Translation
It may even be that my boldness will save me, since no wicked person would dare to face God.

Lexham English Bible
Moreover, this is salvation to me, that the godless would not come before him.

Literal Translation
He also is my salvation, for an ungodly one shall not come before Him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
he is euen the same, that maketh me whole: and why? there maye no Ypocrite come before him,

American Standard Version
This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.

Bible in Basic English
And that will be my salvation, for an evil-doer would not come before him,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
This also shall be my salvation, that a hypocrite cannot come before Him.

King James Version (1611)
Hee also shall be my saluation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He shalbe my saluation: for there may no hypocrite come before him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And this shall turn to me for salvation; for fraud shall have no entrance before him.

English Revised Version
This also shall be my salvation; for a godless man shall not come before him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he schal be my sauyour; for whi ech ypocrite schal not come in his siyt.

Update Bible Version
This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.

Webster's Bible Translation
He also [shall be] my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not come before him.

New King James Version
He also shall be my salvation, For a hypocrite could not come before Him.

New Living Translation
But this is what will save me—I am not godless. If I were, I could not stand before him.

New Life Bible
This will save me, for a sinful man may not come to Him.

New Revised Standard
This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Even he, will be on my side - unto salvation, For, not before his face, shall any impious person come.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shall be my saviour: for no hypocrite shall come before his presence.

Revised Standard Version
This will be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come before him.

Young's Literal Translation
Also -- He [is] to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before His presence.

Contextual Overview

¹³ "Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may. ¹⁴ Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands? ¹⁵ Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face! ¹⁶ Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him. ¹⁷ Listen carefully to my words; let your ears be attentive to my explanation. ¹⁸ See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right. ¹⁹ Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die. ²⁰ Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face: ²¹ Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror. ²² Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

my salvation: Exodus 15:2, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 62:6, Psalms 62:7, Psalms 118:14, Psalms 118:21, Isaiah 12:2, Jeremiah 3:23, Acts 13:47

for an hypocrite: Job 8:13, Job 27:8-10, Job 36:13, Isaiah 33:14

Reciprocal: Luke 11:41 - rather James 5:11 - Ye

Cross-References

Genesis 13:1
So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.

Genesis 13:2
(Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.)

Genesis 13:3
And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

Genesis 13:14
After Lot had departed, the Lord said to Abram, "Look from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west.

Genesis 13:16
And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.

Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.

Genesis 15:5
The Lord took him outside and said, "Gaze into the sky and count the stars—if you are able to count them!" Then he said to him, "So will your descendants be."

Genesis 17:6
I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

Genesis 17:16
I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!"

Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He also [shall be] my salvation,.... Job, though he asserted the integrity of his heart and life, yet did not depend on his ways and works for salvation, but only on the Lord himself; this is to be understood not of temporal salvation, though God is the author of that, and it is only to be had of him, yet Job had no hope concerning that; but of spiritual and eternal salvation, which God the Father has contrived, determined, and resolved on, and sent his Son to effect; which Christ being sent is the author of by his obedience, sufferings, and death; and in him, and in his name alone, is salvation; and every soul, sensible of the insufficiency of himself and others to save him, will resolve, as Job here, that he, and he only, shall be his Saviour, who is an able, willing, and complete one; see Hosea 14:3; and the words are expressive of faith of interest in him. Job knew him to be his Saviour, and living Redeemer, and would acknowledge no other; but claim his interest in him, now and hereafter, and which was his greatest support under all his troubles; see Job 19:26;

for an hypocrite shall not come before him; a hypocrite may come into the house of God, and worship him externally, and seem to be very devout and religious; and he shall come before the tribunal of God, and stand at his bar, to be tried and judged; but he shall not continue in the presence of God, nor enjoy his favour, or he shall not be able to make his cause good before him; and indeed he does not care to have himself examined by him, nor shall he be saved everlastingly, but undergo the most severe punishment, Matthew 24:51. Job here either has respect to his friends, whom he censures as hypocrites, and retorts the charge upon they brought on him; or he has reference to that charge, and by this means clears himself of it, since there was nothing he was more desirous of than to refer his case to the decision of the omniscient God, and righteous Judge; which if he was an hypocrite he would never have done, since such can never stand so strict and severe an examination.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He also shalt be my salvation - See the notes at Isaiah 12:2. Literally, “He is unto me for salvation,” that is, “I put my trust in him, and he will save me. The opportunity of appearing before God, and of maintaining my cause in his presence, will result in my deliverance from the charges which are alleged against me. I shall be able there to show that I am not a hypocrite, and God will become my defender.”

For an hypocrite shall not come before him - This seems to be a proverb, or a statement of a general and indisputable principle. Job admitted this to be true. Yet he expected to be able to vindicate himself before God, and this gould prove that he was not an hypocrite - on the general principle that a man who was permitted to stand before God and to obtain his favor, could not be an unrighteous man. To God he looked with confidence; and God, he had no doubt, would be his defender. This fact would prove that he could not be an hypocrite, as his friends maintained.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 13:16. He also shall be my salvation — He will save me, because I trust in him.

A hypocrite — A wicked man shall never be able to stand before him. I am conscious of this, and were I, as you suppose, a secret sinner, I should not dare to make this appeal.